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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
BOOM THE CITY.

The question of natural gas for Indianapolis
is practically settled. From the beginning of
the discussion there has been no doubt of the
ultimate conclusion, but the question was as
to means, methods and details. On the main
question, that the city must and would have
gas, there has been no difference of opinion;
as to details there has been great diversity
of opinion and great deal of discussion more
or less germane to the subject, and more or
less profitable. If the discussions have
elected good deal of feeling. that was
natural, considering the magnitude and i'm
portance of the interests involved In addi-
ton to the general welfare and prosperity of
personal stake Large interests and big
money were involved, and these conditions
are apt to induce heated discussions. The
discussion on the whole has not been unproft-
able, and while valuable time has been lost,
there is still plenty left in which to rectify
the errors of the past and organize victory for
the future. Whatever mistakes have been
made have not been fatal, and the time that
has been lost can be made up. The point we
make now is that the main question is practi-
cally settled. Agitation has resulted in
action. A strong company has taken hold of
the matter and commenced work. Pipes are
being laid as fast they can be delivered
and men and money can put them in the
ground. The source of supply is the Mobiles
vile field the best in the State. The pipes
will reach the line of the Belt railroad and
the suburbs of the city within a month. For
all practical purposes this means the city
proper It means that every factory and
factory site on the line of the Belt road, and
in the suburbs, will be supplied with natural
gas by the 1st of December. Further details
as to entering and piping the city can be left
for future settlement. Time, discussion and
conflicting interests will solve that question as
it has solved the other. The delivery of gas
at the gates of the city and on the line of the
Belt road practically settles the whole ques-
ton. The main feature of the gas problem
being solved, the rest will solve itself It is
always the first step that costs; that taken,
succeeding ones are easy. With gas encircling
the city, its distribution within the city limits
will be but a question of few weeks. It is
time to begin to boom the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
THE WRIT DENIED.

The Supreme Court of the United States
refuses to grant writ of error in the An
archst cases. The decision is in effect that
no error was disclosed in the record that
brought the case within the jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court, and, therefore, it de-
clined to take jurisdiction. Specifically, the
court decides that the amendments to the
Constitution relied upon by counsel for the
Anarchists are limitations on federal and not
on State action; that the law Of Illinois rela-
tive to the qualification of jurors is not I'M
constitutional; that the court below did not
err in passing on the qualifications of any
juror and that the point relative to the de-
PENDANTS being compelled to testify against
themselves, not having been raised in the
court below nor appearing in the record,
could not be raised in the Supreme Court
The same ruling was made as to the claim by
General Butler for Spies and Parsons, grow
ing out of their nationality. On all these
points the court held adversely to the appE-
cation, and the writ was unanimously denied.
Any decision of the Supreme Court would
have been promptly accepted by the country
as good law, and conclusive on all points in
volved. The present decision is so plainly in
accordance with the Constitution and laws of
the land that its justice will not be questioned
for a momeat. In fact. it has been anticipated.
The argument of the Anarchists counsel
disclosed the weakness of their case to an I'M
expected degree, and the clear and crushing
rejoinder of counsel for the State of Illinois
left no room for doubt as to what the decis-
ion would be. The Supreme Court has de-
clared the exact law, and wisely declined to
overstep its limits, or to assume a new and
strange jurisdiction. The decision exhausts
the last resource of the Anarchists counsel.
Every form and process Of law was complied
with on the trial, and every provision has
been exhausted in reviewing the proceedings.
The condemned men are now face to face
with the penalty prescribed by the outraged
law, and nothing is left between them and
death save executive clemency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

interest in and sympathy with Christianity,
who have spent their lives in teaching and
practicing ideas opposed to its precepts, and
who are utterly without conscience, will
experience change of heart at the eleventh
hour. Since their conviction and sentence,
more than year ago, not word of regret
for their crime has been uttered, and not
save as it may be indicated by cowardly
fear of the death they were willing to
inf1ict on innocent men. Exhibitions of
maudlin sentiment in regard to these men
should not be encouraged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
ASSAILING CHAMBERLAIN.
Canadian Paper Sees Great War in the
Immediate Future Unless he Is Recalled.

TORONTO, Nov. 2.-The Globe again refers to
Mr. Chamberlain's appointments this morning.
and, In strongly worded editorial article. says:
Let British journals rub their eyes again
and take up to the necessities Of the situation.
Mr. Cham berlain must be recalled, There ia no
ought or should in the case. The imperative il
required, and Canadians are entitled to employ
it. He must be recalled. Let the British un-
derstand that their own interests are largely
staked on the result of impending negotiations
Should the com miseoners fail to reach settle
ment or should the Senate reject the agreement,
nothing can be more certain than that war be-
tween Great Britain and the United States can
be avoided only by Great Britain's abandoning
Canada in q way that will forever disgrace the
States Congress haa already passed an act to
cut off every part of commercial exchange with
Canada? Do they know that Congress has,
urged the administration to enforce that actf
tho American journals ceaselessly vituperate
the President because he has not resorted 70 re-
have no option but to mrloy tho act il the me-
gotiations fail, or il the agreement be disalcwed
in the Senatea If he does employ it, what thenf
We do not act alarmisfs in declaring that .
war which Great Britain has long feared moro
than any other possible war, will probably oc-
cur To avoid the dangers and disgrace that
lain is the sole cause that the
outlook is dark. Before his ap-
pointment it was bright enough It was bright
until he wantonly embarrassed the situation.
1t is gloomy because he has rendered the best
method of settlement difficult to propose dis
cuss, and because he has made himself hateful
on this continent Without distinction of origin
Americans resent his insolent attack upon those
fellow citizens whose loyalty rang true by the
most terrible Of tests when hundreds of thous-
ands of of Irish mothers faced death in
battle for the Republic. 1t is useless to found
smooth prophesies upon the hope that DIR.
Chamberlain's principles escape the con-
sequences Of the hostility that he has aroused.
If they do not recall him they take the respon-
sibility for him. If they do not recall him it
can be only because they are in full sympathy
with him. His insolence has brought him
into trouble. and he alone should be the victim.
Surely it is better that he be made to undergo
his deserts than that the peace Of hundreds of
millions of English speaking people be jeop-
ardized on behalf of his dignity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

WHAT place for deceit is Washington.
From the State Department down to the
humblest government employe there is no
frankness of speech or manner. Diplomacy
is everywhere, and diplomacy is refined de-
ceit. Outspoken opinion on any subject is
hard to get, because it might injure chance
for promotion or cause a removal from Office
and so crushed is the manliness of many So
called men in the departments that their FAM
lily relations are concealed as would be a
guilty secret. A recent decision of the Treas
ury Department, that there was no law pre-
venting q man and his wife from being en-
ployed in the govern ment service, has led to
the discovery of numerous couples who have
several children each, and who have passed
for single persons for years under the fear of
discharge from Office. A system of govern
ment employment that fosters deception and
encourages subterfuges in order to enjoy home
life is thoroughly bad, and the Treasury decis-
ion is good sense. as well as good law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

The white Caps" of Crawford and Harri-
SON counties continue to commit their out
RACES, and nothing seems be done by the
authorities to stop them. There is state of
terror among the officials in both counties,
and the grand jury of one of them (Crawfprd),
in the face of the most indubitable proof. fails
to find an Indictment against well-known
members of the outlaws, for fear Of personal
violence. What with lynchings and white
cap terrorism. Indiana is gaining a reputa-
ton for lawlessness that it will take years to
overcome, and the State officers could do no
better work than to devote themselves exclu-
sively to the duty of ferreting out and pun
ishing these offenders. The public will up
hold them in any efforts to accomplish this
end
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
PROHIBITION.
Figures and Facts from Georgia on the Effect
of the State Wave.

Figures and Facts from Georgia on the Effect
of the State Wave.
Atlanta Special.
The Prohibition mpaign in this city is now
in full blast, with the respective parties under
the leadership of Senator Colquitt. Prohibition
list, and Senator Brown, Anti prohibitionist.
The effect of the Prohibition wave. which has
been passing over the State during the past two
years, is being inquired into with unexpected re-
suits. Internal Revenue Collector Bradshaw was
to-day asked his views upon it. and he said:
Before the advent of prohibition there were
in the State thirty distilleries, and now there
elxty-three. The registered distilleries
mash about twice much grain per day as they
did two years ago. There is now one grain dis
tillery with surveyed capacity OF forty bush
els of grain per day, and ten with a surveyed ca
pacity of twenty more bushels per day. The
remainder mash from five to twenty bushels per
day. Two years ago there was no dlstillery In
the State that mashed more than twenty bush
els of grain DAY, and only three distilleries
with a surveyed capacity of twenty bushels of
grain per day. The rest mashed from hve to
twenty bushels day"
How do the collections now compare with
those of the ten years previous to the operation
of the prohibition law2"
''They have increased. The increased eoilec-
tions for the year ending June 90 1887, exceeded
those of the year ending June 80 1856, $32. 000 !"
How does the production of Elirits SO far in
the present tax year compare With the cor
responding year of 1862
There was produced during September.
1877 1888 gallons of corn liquor. I
that month. There was produced dur
ing the corresponding month If September,
1885, IL. 200 gallons of corn liquor, and | col
lected Sl2 HI. showing increased production
of spirits for September 1887, over September.
1856, of 4, 544 gallons, and an increase In the
amount of taxes collected on spirits for the same
months of 80 639 If the collections continue
to increase during the remainder of the present
tax year in the same ratio they have done the
collections will be increased about SO. OOO."
sensation was created in the local canvass
here to-day by the declaration of Rev. DR.. Horn
adav one of the most respected Baptist preach
ers. of his opposition to prohibition White and
colored alike have taken great interest IN the
matter.
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applause and Colonel Hardin remarked that
There would be one source of congratulaton in
marrying the daughter of the Conference.-The
groom would never be bothered with his
mother-in-law."
CARTER Fl. HARRISON, ex-Mayor of Chicago,
has been in Japan for some weeks past From
long acquain lance with Chicago Mr.. Harrison was
naturally astonished to find drunken men in
Toxic, city containing over one million inhab
itauts. So impressed was be by the acpar-
ent sobriety of the Japanese that he questioned
the Arch bishop at Yokohama as 10 lts cause
The Archbishop explained that when a Japanese
got drunk he at once went to sleep.
PAULINE Roof, who is soon to marry Mr..
Otis in Boston, is one of the handsomest women
in America She is not tail, but her figure is
symmetrical and we'll rounded. Her features
delicate and somewhat naughty in express
ion. She wears her hair combed back from her
some woman would dare to adopt She has been
very popular in Boston society, and for some
summers past has been the leading belle at
Williamstown. Mass, where her stepfather Mr.
Manning, owns a handsome country seat
He could talk of art and artists
In a manner quite intense;
He could draw perfect lily,
But he couldn't paint fence.
Washington Critic.
THESE LITTLE SHOES.
These little shoes!-How proud she was of these!
Can you forget how, sitting your knees,
She used to prattle voluby and raise
Her tiny feet to win your wondering praisel 4
Was life too rough for feet so softly shod
That she walks in Paradise with God
Leaving but these whereon to dote and muse
These little shoesi
William ranton
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What Is the Use of the War:

ddVOcate.
We were much pie asec last week at the DEM
onstrations Of LOYALTY to jeff Davis and the idea
which he represents, the occasion OF his visit
to Macon, Ga. It was enthusiastic beyond de-
scription. Rebel flags were displayed and the
lost cause glorified. If the sentmentso of treason
still linger in the South. let them blurt them
out occasionally. And no wonder the rebels are
jubilant In less than a quarter OF a century
from the disbanding of their armies they have
obtained the substantial control of the govern
ment. Their Representatives and Senator's
most of whom were rebel army officers. now
constitute q controlling majority of the party in
power, and they use their position without apol-
ogv, as we'll they may. They were overwhelmed
in battle by superior numbers, they overwhelmed
their conquerors by superior strategy. At any
rate they hold the fort and know IL, and float
their rebel flags with consummate contempt for
the stars aud stripes. Wherefore. then, that
waste of blood and tire assure? Would it not have
been better and cheaper to have let them have
their way without bloodshed?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

form and spirit. To this extent the mission
was successful, and the delegates can return
feeling that their work has been well done.
But we cannot help thinking that our En-
glish friends should have reserved their ener-
gies for home use, and directed their first eff
When the English people and government
shall have reached the point of indoraing and
accepting the principle of international arbi-
tration, have beaten their swords into plough
shares and their spears into pruning hooks,
and ceased to learn war, it will be time
enough to send peace delegations to other
countries. The American people are not
aggressive and the United States government
is not warning one. Our international
policy is of malice towards none and
charity for all. We are prominently
peace-loving and peaceable people. We are
always ready to arbitrate any dispute we may
have with another government as witness
the fisheries question. and we do not need to
be told that arbitration is vastly preferable to
war. The fact is, this government has done
more than any other in recent times to estab-
ish and strengthen the idea Of international
arbitration, and really leads the procession of
the nations in that regard. But with Eng
land the case is very different. The British
government is VIGOROUSLY aggressive.
Its colonial and foreign policy
has been little else than one
of aggression and is largely so still. 1t wants
to plant the British flag everywhere. Britain
is power which, as Webster said, s'has dot
ted over the surface of the whole globe with
her possessions and military posts, whose
morning drum beat, following the sun, and
keeping company with the hours, circles the
earth with one continuous and unbroken
strain of the martial airs of England" She
is hardly ever without war on her hands of
some dimensions, great or small, in some
quarter of the globe. She is never out of a
''muss" At this very time, not to speak
of the Irish trouble, the African
trouble and the Afghanistan frontier
question, she is trying to bully Venezuela
and steal an immense tract of country, rich in
mines ana commanding the mouth OF the
Orinoco river. She has no right nor title
there whatever, yet she is trying to make one
by bullying, aggressive, predatory policy,
and singularly enough she has persistently
refused the offers and efforts of Venezuela
to have the matter arbitrated. England
never submits a dispute to arbitration unless
she expects to get the advantage. The United
States government is far in advance Of
England in advocacy and approval of inter-
national arbitration. This is why we say the
distinguished delegation who have just Wis
tied Washington had better have directed
their first efforts and energies to converting
their own government. Their coming to
Washington was not exactly carrying Goals
to Newcastle" but it was bringing good
advice away from country where it is
needed more than here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

On some accounts, as for instance the con-
slant danger of more 'fswan SONGS" there is
reason to suspect that the long headed South
ern leaders would be entirely reconciled
should Providence see fit to call jeff Davis
hence at once. On the other hand, however,
orators of the jackson order, leads them to
hope that the old man will hang on until after
the next election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE's book, Triumph
ant Democracy" will have great run over in
England now that the Wolverhampton grand
jury has recommended the free library man
want to see what the ''strong illusions to the
royal family" are, and to read the 'seditious,
lying and reasonable sentiments for them
selves. In commercial, to say nothing of
an educational, way, Mr.. Carnegie has made
= fen-striIe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
Mr.. Foulke Among the sufrraEisss.

Report OF Ph1IadeIphIa convention
The good men and women, the latter in the
majority seven to one, who believe that woman
should cast her ballot at elections, filled the aud
itorium. The afternoon gathering seemed too
serious to be enthusiastic. William Dudley
Foulke the associations president, who comes
from far-off Indiana, is a solidlooking man who
speaks earntstly and in manner that helps "a
convince because of its evident sincerity. TIE
women leaders seem of motherly character
such women a person IN trouble might stop
on the street, instinctvely feeling that be WIS
addressing friend. They too. earnest, and
use clear-cut sentences. A good many patri-
archal boards are seen among the men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

THE New York Evening Post has greatly i'm
provedits appearance by a change in style from
the old-fashioned blanket-sheet to a six-column
eight page form, having a general resemblance
to the New York morning dailies. It has also a
new press which, it announces affords facilities
for adding two or more pages at any time when
a Sudden influx of news or advertisements" re-
quires enlargement of the regular space.
This intimation that the Post actually means to
publish the news is in the nature of surprise
and marks a new departure far greater than that
of change in shape The mugwump organ
may live to catch up with the newspaper pro-
cesson yet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

DAVID LAKEN, the one-armed Democratic
street-commissioner of Columbus, O., has been
South looking at the battlefield where he left
an arm. Here is the way he writes home:
"Going down from Atlanta we had to change
cars at Macon, and there we struck a crowded
train of Southern people going home from the
fair, and our party was looked great
curiosities. "Why they ara Yanks," was the
expression from every mouth s1What do they
want down here, I'D like to know" and among
other expressions, ''Hurrah for JEFF Davis" to
our very teeth. tell you, my dear captain, it
made me as hot as a lime kiln. How would our
Northern friends at homo, who are crying
about reconciliation, like to children town
badges OF jeff Davis, and cheering for him
fondly as in the days of GIT I noticed in the
decorations a. Macon las far as could seel very
few flags Of our country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
INTERNATIONAL ARBI TRATIoN.

That was large and respectable delegation
of Englishmen that called on the President
on Monday in the interest of universal peace
and international arbitration. Embracing
members of Parliament to the number of ten
or a dozen, two or three titled noblemen, rep
resentatives of the International Peace Asso-
citation and of the English Trades union
Congress, it is doubtful if SO strong and rep
resentative delegation of Englishmen ever
before visited this country on any public
business Their mission, too, is
an eminently praiseworthy one and
calculated to fenlist the sympa-
thy of intelligent people everywhere
Nothing could be more desirable than the
general recognition of the principle of arbi-
tration in settling international controversies.
The nations have long been tired of war.
The common sense of the civilized world is
opposed to war on general principles, and it
grows more difficult to justify and popularize
it, The mission of the visiting delegation
was stated in an engrossed memorial, and the
President made an appropriate reply. His
reception of them was formal and jigniied,
and his reply to the memorial was in excellent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03
Yellow Ribbon for the Suffrsgists.

Report of Philadelphia Convention.
Miss Cora Scott Pond started subscription
ball rolling of 81 year per member. and called
upon all women-suffraeists to wear as . badge q
thin stripe of yellow ribbon. The exact shade
adopted is that of the supflower, which, like the
suffragsts, Is ever turning towards the light.
She requested the reporters to put them on and
diffuse the good news. One did The 9TH
ers were allowed to tie them around their PEN
ellis explaining that if they wore the orders
of all the organizations whose MEETINGS they at
tended there would be no necessity for them to
buy clothes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

GOVERNOR GORDON, of Georgia, is typical
Southern man, fuller of sentiment than sense.
When at home he gushes over the rebel flag
and jeff Davis, and when in Ohio. at the men
ton of the stars and stripes waving over
united North and South, he embraces the
speaker and kisses him. Such an emotional
man ought to keep out of politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-03

A CLEVELAND dispatch says: Governor
Gordon has not only failed to make Demo-
cratic converts of Republicans here but he
has actually disguised Democrats" The
Governor has shaken the dust of Ohio from
his feet and departed.